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Title: Cinemark is adding more 70mm IMAX screens ahead of Christopher
NolanΓÇÖs The Odyssey

Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-mov...

The movie industry has been in a tailspin for years, with many people
foregoing the theatrical experience in favor of watching films at home. I get
it. Going to the movies can be expensive and, letΓÇÖs face it, dealing with
other people can be annoying (itΓÇÖs been 10 years and IΓÇÖm still mad about
those teenagers who would not stop giggling all the way through my first
viewing of The Witch). But thereΓÇÖs nothing quite like going to a theater
and getting lost in a great film for a couple of hours. In addition, large-
scale formats are growing in popularity and theater chains are trying to
accommodate moviegoers.

Cinemark is installing more IMAX screens, including ones that support 70mm
film projection. The company is adding such screens to its locations in
Woodridge, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago); Colorado Springs, Colorado; and
Rochester, New York. ItΓÇÖs also adding four IMAX with Laser systems ΓÇö a 4K
laser offering ΓÇö to other locations in the US in the coming months. ItΓÇÖs
upgrading its other 12 IMAX screens across the Americas with that tech too.

According to Variety, Cinemark plans to have the new IMAX 70mm film screens
set up by July 17, 2026. ThatΓÇÖs the release date for Christopher NolanΓÇÖs
next film, The Odyssey, which is the first theatrical release to be shot
entirely in IMAX. As it stands, only 30 movie theaters on the planet can
screen films in IMAX 70mm, which is NolanΓÇÖs preferred format.

IMAX is proving popular with cinemagoers who are looking for a large-format
experience that would be impossible at home (at least not without an obscene
private screen). Indeed, many IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey sold out a
year in advance.

IMAX 70mm isnΓÇÖt the only format with limited availability thatΓÇÖs drawing
audiences to theaters. Paul Thomas AndersonΓÇÖs One Battle After Another is
the first movie in 60 years to be projected in the VistaVision format, but
only at a few locations. The film is currently being screened in IMAX 70mm in
some cinemas too.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-mov...
imax-screens-ahead-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-194155824.html?src=rss

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